I love reading about the WW2 era. To understand the world of today I believe you must understand this war and its impact. I recommend these books in no particular order.
Inferno by Max Hastings
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell (audiobook version)
The Devil Reached Towards the Sky by Garrett M. Graff (audiobook version)
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer (audiobook version – it is very long)
Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning
When the Sea Came Alive by Garrett M. Graff (audiobook version)
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
Winston’s War by Max Hastings
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
